Establishment of Ascaris suum in the Pig: Development of Immunity Following a Single Primary Infection;Ascaris suum i svin: Udviklingen af immunitet efter en primær infektion

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-132

  Helwigh, A B ^a   Nansen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

challenge infection; immune response; worm kinetics

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; INTESTINES; LIVER; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033255440     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547029     Document Type: Article

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